Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Kudos to the public who responded to a woman's call for help and helped apprehend the robber

Date: 12 June 2013, Time: 3pm

Location: Islamic Bank at Dataran Cendekiawan UiTM Shah Alam

A robbery attempt was apprehended and beaten up by the public after
he tried to force a woman to surrender her valuables with a knife yesterday.

The incident happened around 3pm at the Islamic Bank near Dataran
Cendekiawan UiTM when a 22-year-old woman felt a knife being pressed against
her back as she was about to withdraw her money.

The victim, Neily Syafiqah Mohamed Eusoff told the police officer that
the suspect demanded for her belongings and money, but she had to put up a
fight and was able to apprehend the suspect with the assistance of several pedestrian
who had responded to her shouts for help.

The 25-year-old suspect was given a dose of street justice by those
at the scene before he was handed over to the police, who brought him to the Klang
General Hospital for treatment before detaining him in the lock up pending
further investigation.